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I'm not sure what I believe exactly, but based on the opinions and experiences of a couple of people whom I trust very much, I think that our spirits are...hrm...how to describe it...?
I think we all start out as spiritual entities that are integral spiritual/energetic parts of a spiritual whole (god, for lack of a better word) and some of those spirits choose to inhabit human or other bodies (all matter is energy at base anyhow, right?). When we die, we may either forget that we are part of the spiritual whole and choose to inhabit another body, or we may return to the whole and know bliss and perfection. I think you probably can't define what it's like after you die - I think you retain memories and you learn, but it might be the same kind of hazy memories like how you remember your very early childhood. Maybe it depends on what kind of experiences you had as a physical being whether you choose to return to god or not.
A friend of mine who sees spirits and energy and whose knowledge I believe told me after my brother died that everything looks like love to him where he is now. Anger looks like love, guilt looks like love, grief looks like love, happiness looks like love. All the things I did with/to him, or said to him, look like love to him now.
I don't know how this matches up with any particular religious beliefs, but when I believe anything about an afterlife, which is only part of the time, this is what I believe.
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